Aeromagnetic data and design files related to testing of new drone-based magnetometer configurations and magnetic compensation software; 2020 Santa Cruz, CA, and Surprise Valley, CA

This dataset contains magnetometry data and design files related to testing of new drone-based magnetometer configurations and magnetic compensation software. Data were collected in Santa Cruz (CA) in September 2020 to compare two magnetometer systems that are flown with Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Each system was flown using different suspension designs. To compare the systems and to characterize noise levels of the systems, calibration patterns and dense grid surveys were flown with each configuration. This dataset was further used to test magnetic compensation software. The overall aim of this study was to compare the variability of different UAS-based magnetometry systems that can be used for geophysical surveying. The dataset includes comma-separated values (CSV) formatted files, CAD design files (STL), as well as RAW data files downloaded directly from the magnetometers, that can be converted to CSV format utilizing software tools provided by the magnetometer manufacturers.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
bureauCode {010:12}
catalog_@context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
catalog_conformsTo https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
catalog_describedBy https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
identifier USGS:60945ae2d34e791692e6fd69
metadata_type geospatial
modified 20210611
old-spatial -122.0626, 41.9738, -119.9982, 36.9809
publisher U.S. Geological Survey
publisher_hierarchy Department of the Interior > U.S. Geological Survey
resource-type Dataset
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash e6393d78a9656f898a5ed3d7ef4d7c8465d59203
source_schema_version 1.1
spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-122.0626, 41.9738], [-122.0626, 36.9809], [ -119.9982, 36.9809], [ -119.9982, 41.9738], [-122.0626, 41.9738]]]}
theme {geospatial}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • aeromagnetic-surveying
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • biota
  • ckan
  • drone
  • drone-magnetometry
  • geo
  • geophysics
  • geoss
  • magnetic-compensation
  • magnetometer-measurement
  • national
  • north-america
  • santa-cruz-ca
  • surprise-valley-ca
  • uas
  • uav
  • united-states
  • unmanned-aerial-systems
  • unmanned-aerial-vehicle
  • usgs-60945ae2d34e791692e6fd69
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer Leon Kaub
maintainer_email lkaub@geophysik.uni-muenchen.de
metadata_created 2025-11-22T21:08:42.498959
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T21:08:42.498963
notes This dataset contains magnetometry data and design files related to testing of new drone-based magnetometer configurations and magnetic compensation software. Data were collected in Santa Cruz (CA) in September 2020 to compare two magnetometer systems that are flown with Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Each system was flown using different suspension designs. To compare the systems and to characterize noise levels of the systems, calibration patterns and dense grid surveys were flown with each configuration. This dataset was further used to test magnetic compensation software. The overall aim of this study was to compare the variability of different UAS-based magnetometry systems that can be used for geophysical surveying. The dataset includes comma-separated values (CSV) formatted files, CAD design files (STL), as well as RAW data files downloaded directly from the magnetometers, that can be converted to CSV format utilizing software tools provided by the magnetometer manufacturers.
num_resources 2
num_tags 22
title Aeromagnetic data and design files related to testing of new drone-based magnetometer configurations and magnetic compensation software; 2020 Santa Cruz, CA, and Surprise Valley, CA